Shoe-polishing outfit



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J F. DEBARRY. SHoE POLISHING OUTFIT. FILED DEC, 1921v INVENTOR 1'5" DE BARRY tangular shape. length of the box so as to fill in the spacev Patented lain 23, i923.

JOHN F. DE BARRY, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

SHOE-POLISHING OUTFIT.

Application filed December 19, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN F. DE BARRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Polishing Outfits, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to shoe polishing outfits. An object is to provide a compact package for containing polishing brushes and different colors of shoe polish. Another object is to provide a device of this character in which the arrangement is such that a carton containing one color of polish may be placed adjacent the brush in connection with which it is used and a carton contain ing another color of polish may be placed adjacent a second brush in connection with which it is used.

The full objects and advantages of my invention will appear in connection with the detailed description, and the novel features embodied in my inventive idea will be particularly pointed outin the claim.

In the drawings which illustrate my in vention, Fig. 1 is a view-in perspective of the shoe polishing outfit. In carrying out my invention, I provide a box 10 having; a cover 12 hinged thereto and adapted to be supported in open position by a strip let attached to the cover and to an end of the box. Placed within the box, is a filling member 16. This member is preferably secured at the rear of the box and is preferably hollow and formed of sheet material into rec- It is shorter than the between the rear ends of two polishing brushes 18 and 20 placed in the respective ends of the box 10 which is of the proper width to snugly receive the brushes between the front and rear thereof. The width of the filling member 16 is such that a space is left between the same and the front of the box which is just sufiicient to receive a plurality of cartons within which are hot tles or receptacles containing different polishes or cleaning material. In the embodiment shown in the drawings, there are three of these cartons designated 22, 24 and The carton 22 which is adjacent the forward portion of the brush 18 contains Serial No. 523,327.

black polish, and the carton 26 which is adj acent the brush 20 contains brown polish. In use the brush 18 will be employed in connection with the black polish and the brush 20 will be used in connection with the brown polish. The carton 24 which is between the other two cartons contains white cleaning material which does not need to have a polishing brush used in connection there with when the material is applied to the shoes.

The advantages of my polishingoutfit will be apparent in connection with the foregoing description. The outfit forms a neat and compact package which may be readily shipped and stored and exposed for sale and which is convenient to use in the home, since a place is provided for the different articles so that when they have been used they may be quickly put awayin the proper positions in the box for subsequent use.

The carton containing the black polish and the brush used in connection therewith will be placed adjacent each other while the carton containing the brown polish and the brush used in connection therewith will be placed adjacent each other. When the cover is in open position as shown in the drawings, it may be used as a support for dis playing a card provided with advertising matter and pictures.

I claim:

A shoe polishing outfit comprising a box and a filling member secured therein, said filling member being shorter than the length of said box to fill in the space between two polishinp; brushes placed in the respective ends of said box and having a width just suflicient to provide a space between the same and the opposite side of said box to receive a plurality of containers con taining different colors of shoe polish, the arrangement being such that a carton containing' one color of polish is placed adjacent the brush in connection with which it JOHN F. on BARRY. 

